{"id":1560,"date":"2012-12-13T08:36:43","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T13:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/?p=1560"},"modified":"2016-10-19T08:36:54","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T12:36:54","slug":"constructing-the-nativity-iv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2012\/12\/constructing-the-nativity-iv.html","title":{"rendered":"Constructing the Nativity IV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luke 1<\/p>\n<p><sup>46\u00a0<\/sup>And Mary said,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy soul magnifies the Lord,<br \/>\n<sup>47\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,<br \/>\n<sup>48\u00a0<\/sup>for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant.<br \/>\nFor behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed;<br \/>\n<sup>49\u00a0<\/sup>for he who is mighty has done great things for me,<br \/>\nand holy is his name.<br \/>\n<sup>50\u00a0<\/sup>And his mercy is for those who fear him<br \/>\nfrom generation to generation.<br \/>\n<sup>51\u00a0<\/sup>He has shown strength with his arm;<br \/>\nhe has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;<br \/>\n<sup>52\u00a0<\/sup>he has brought down the mighty from their thrones<br \/>\nand exalted those of humble estate;<br \/>\n<sup>53\u00a0<\/sup>he has filled the hungry with good things,<br \/>\nand the rich he has sent away empty.<br \/>\n<sup>54\u00a0<\/sup>He has helped his servant Israel,<br \/>\nin remembrance of his mercy,<br \/>\n<sup>55\u00a0<\/sup>as he spoke to our fathers,<br \/>\nto Abraham and to his offspring forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><sup>56\u00a0<\/sup>And Mary remained with her about three months and returned to her home. (The Bible, ESV)<\/p>\n<p><em>As the divine idea grows, we learn to understand its purpose better. The purpose to be merciful and just is satisfying.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke 1 46\u00a0And Mary said, \u201cMy soul magnifies the Lord, 47\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48\u00a0for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed; 49\u00a0for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[731,730],"class_list":["post-1560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-religion","category-smorgasbord","tag-heartful-prayer","tag-magnify-god"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Constructing the Nativity IV - Everyday Spirituality<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2012\/12\/constructing-the-nativity-iv.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Constructing the Nativity IV - Everyday Spirituality\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Luke 1 46\u00a0And Mary said, \u201cMy soul magnifies the Lord, 47\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48\u00a0for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. 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